noble and gentle men

noble and gentle men

Gao Ren Ya Shi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ā or é NY ǎ sh ì, which means a person with noble aspirations and elegant style. From Huang's epitaph.

Notes on Idioms

Master: a person with high interests and noble behavior, mostly a hermit; Elegance: elegant, refined.

The origin of Idioms

In the epitaph of Huang family written by Lu Jiuyuan of Song Dynasty, "Liang Jun visited Lufu last year. He talked about the beauty of mountains and waters and recited the works of the hermits. He was tireless."

Idiom usage

As object and attribute, it refers to hermit. He is what people often call an elegant man.